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August 13, 2008

Charges Fly as Georgia, Russia Mourn

TBILISI-SUKHUMI HIGHWAY, Georgia (Moscow Times) Georgia and Russia angrily accused each other of breaching a truce as they mourned for their dead Wednesday.

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July 18, 2008

U.S. Spurs Hopes of An End to HIV Tests

(The Moscow Times) In an indication that Russia may end mandatory HIV tests for foreign residents, government officials said Thursday that they were considering replicating pending U.S. legislation that would lift a ban on HIV-positive visitors to that country.

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July 10, 2008

Russia Prepares Claim to Arctic Shelf

(Moscow News) The biggest country in the world looks set to get even bigger as Russia prepares an application to extend its borders over 1.2 million square kilometres of Arctic waters.

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July 8, 2008

Russia 'backed Litvinenko murder'

(BBC News) The murder of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko was carried out with the backing of the Russian state, Whitehall sources have told the BBC.

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June 25, 2008

Human Rights Watch urges Russia to end abuses

MOSCOW (AP) - A New York-based rights watchdog said Wednesday that Russian security forces are responsible for widespread human rights abuses in the southern province of Ingushetia near Chechnya.

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